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    1. Avery Dennison selling some Mass. operations to 3M

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Jan 3 2012) Manufacturing

      Avery Dennison Corp. will unload its office and consumer products division — including a manufacturing plant in Chicopee and a distribution center in Holliston — to Post-it note maker 3M Co. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Chicopee

    2. State panel eyes key industries, cutting biz costs - BostonHerald.com

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Dec 27 2011)

      State panel eyes key industries, cutting biz costs - BostonHerald.com Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration plans to finalize the first legally mandated economic-development blueprint in state history tomorrow. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick

    3. Hub colleges go green with computer lab

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Oct 28 2011) Green Region , Information Technology

      That’s what’s coming to Holyoke in early 2013 when the $89 million Massachusetts Green High Power Computing Center — fueled in part by on-site hydropower — should be ready, according to its president, Andrei Ruckenstein. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Kathleen G. Anderson   Holyoke

    4. Westover air base pumps $238M into western Mass.

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Oct 27 2011) Aerospace/Defense

      The U.S. Air Force says the Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee poured nearly $238 into the local economy in the financial year ending Sept. 30, marking a $29 million drop over the previous year. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Chicopee

    5. Start-up advances to money round - BostonHerald.com

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Oct 19 2011) Life Sciences , Medical Devices

      Start-up advances to money round - BostonHerald.com “Our key thing is getting public support of this product, but it also would help us move forward with our clinical development and the insurance reimbursement pathway,” founder and CEO Brian Mullen said. “It would help us to reach out to doctors and other caregivers of kids with autism and bring them into the process with us.” (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst   Therapeutic Sustems

    6. Trade groups gain feds’ ear - BostonHerald.com

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Jul 11 2011) Life Sciences , Medical Devices

      Trade groups gain feds’ ear - BostonHerald.com CEOs of Massachusetts biotech and medical device companies who have had issues with new federal policies will gain direct access to the commissioner of their chief regulatory agency today. U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will accompany Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg to two roundtables in Boston. “Massachusetts is... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   John Kerry   MassMedic   Tom Sommer

    7. Raising money and scraping by - BostonHerald.com

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Jul 9 2011) Entrepreneurship , Life Sciences , Medical Devices

      Raising money and scraping by - BostonHerald.com Amherst-based Therapeutic Systems — which in May launched its wearable Vayu vest that’s designed to help soothe autistic children — has raised $325,000 in initial seed-round funding in addition to $66,500 in prize and grant money. As one of 125 finalists in MassChallenge, its two executives hope not only to win some of the start-up comp... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst   Therapeutic Sustems

    8. MassChallenge finalist pumped up by autism vest

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Jul 7 2011) Entrepreneurship , Life Sciences , Medical Devices

      MassChallenge finalist pumped up by autism vest Mullen co-developed the vest’s DeePAD technology, which is licensed from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. It’s based on research started when he was earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering there and continued during Ph.D. studies. The vest, which sells for $2,000 and comes in three sizes, is fabricated by medical device manufacturer Dielectrics Inc. in Chicopee. It has a removable hand pump that allows the child, his parent, occupational therapist or other caregiver to inflate or deflate the internal vest “bladder” to apply the desired level of deep pressure to the child. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Amherst

    9. Power play over utility cos. merger

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Jul 5 2011) Energy

      “I don’t think it’s good to drag on and on,” May said of the longer-than-usual merger review. “I think it sends a bad message to businesses in Massachusetts and sends a bad message to investors on Wall Street. “The market has received this merger very, very well. They think it makes tremendous sense for this region,” he said. “You hate to lose that luster, so to speak, of all of the positive reactions.” (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Northeast Utilities

    10. Springfield insurance giant donates $100G to tornado aid

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Jun 2 2011) Financial Services

      “Our sincerest thoughts and sympathies are with those who were impacted by this devastating event,” MassMutual chief Roger Crandall said in a statement. “We hope that these funds and efforts from our volunteers will help bring comfort and security to those who have been impacted, including our own employees and financial professionals who call this region home." (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   MassMutual   MassMutual Center   Springfield

    11. Plans on track to 'connect the unconnected' in central, western Massachusetts

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Feb 9 2011) Information Technology

      The Massachusetts Broadband Institute, established in a $40 million bond bill in 2008 to extend broadband service to communities with limited access or no access at all, on Wednesday outlined a plan to build 1,338 miles of broadband infrastructure across 120 western and central Massachusetts communities in the next two years (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Massachusetts Broadband Institute

    12. Big Y buys land for new store in Lee

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Oct 1 2010) Retail

      The Big Y supermarket chain is planning a new store in Lee that could add up to 150 full- and part-time jobs... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Springfield

    13. WMECo to upgrade transmission line

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Apr 12 2010) Education , Energy

      Western Massachusetts Electric Co. says it has received state approval to upgrade a transmission line between Agawam and West Springfield. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Western Massachusetts Electric Company

    14. Company shoots for jump in low-cal sweetener's sales

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Jan 24 2010)

      A Holyoke company's alternative sweetener is gaining traction on supermarket shelves. And NXT Nutritionals... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Holyoke

    15. New biofuel CEO stepping on the gas

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Jan 16 2010) Energy , Green Region

      New biofuel CEO stepping on the gas John A. McCarthy Jr., the new chief executive officer of biofuel firm Qteros, sees endless possibilities for the... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Chicopee   Qteros

    16. Copenhagen event boosts Bay State wind turbine co.

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Dec 21 2009) Energy , Green Region

      Copenhagen event boosts Bay State wind turbine co. Talk about a worldwide plug for your company. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Western New England College   FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp.

    17. Verizon expands Mass. Web service

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Nov 30 2009) Education

      Verizon bragged yesterday that new investments in high-speed Internet services across the state show it's committed to the Massachusetts market. The giant telecom... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Holyoke

    18. Six hospitals to sue state over reimbursement rates

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Nov 30 2009) Health Care

      Six hospitals to sue state over reimbursement rates Six community hospitals will formally file a lawsuit against the state today, ratcheting up a dispute between the hospitals and the state agency that pays for some of the... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Medical Center   Holyoke

    19. Peter Pan avoids bus-worker strike

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Nov 25 2009)

      Peter Pan avoids bus-worker strike Peter Pan bus passengers should give thanks for a pre-Thanksgiving deal that averted a bus-line strike on the busiest travel day of the year. Peter Pan's terminal... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Peter Pan Bus Lines

    20. Wind law could benefit company

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Nov 5 2009)

      Wind law could benefit company Despite significant opposition in Western Massachusetts, state environmental affairs secretary Ian Bowles is pushing hard to get a controversial wind-turbine law passed before... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Robert DeLeo   Berkshire Regional Planning Commission

    21. DeLeo: State budget may be $1B off

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Oct 8 2009)

      DeLeo: State budget may be $1B offBoston HeraldThe Winthrop Democrat told the Chicopee Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday the question isn't whether there will be more cuts but "how much? ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Robert DeLeo   Springfield

    22. Meals tax to rise in 30 Mass. communities

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Oct 1 2009) Education , Tourism

      BOSTON - Dining out is about to be a bit more expensive in Boston, Worcester, Springfield and 27 other cities and towns in Massachusetts. Those communities chose to institute... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Springfield

    23. Minehan elected to MassMutual board

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Sep 1 2009) Financial Services

      Cathy E. Minehan, the former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, has been elected to the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s board of directors.... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   MassMutual   Springfield   Boston Fed

    24. Springfield's Symphony Hall spruces up for enshrinement ceremony

      Explore Home - BostonHerald.com (Aug 31 2009)

      SPRINGFIELD - A $1 million improvement project at Springfield's historic Symphony Hall will be mostly completed in time for the Sept. 11 Naismith Memorial Basketball... (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Springfield   Basketball Hall of Fame   The Republican